glasses during training

[cadetdevildog]

got a question,

does anyone know if we are allowed to bring are own perscription glasses to PLC or if we have to wear ones that are isued to us?

 

[jyoun79]

You have to bring your glasses and/or prescription. You have to wear the BC glasses during OCS.

 

[peanut3479]

BCGs during the week, but you can wear your own eyeglasses on libo.

 

[Broadsword2004]

Speaking of eyesight, I have been wondering, but if you say are a pilot with 20/20 vision, say, flying like an F/A-18, and then after some years, your vision decreases a little bit, but can be corrected through eye surgery, are you removed from piloting immediately, or will they let you have the eye surgery to fix it? Because they say that pilots need vision "correctable to 20/20" these days.

 

[cadetdevildog]

thanks a lot guys for the info.

 

[Broadsword2004]

Yeah, thanks for the info Michael, I was asking cuz my mother told me some guy she knew, his brother was a pilot in some branch of the service (I don't know which), but his eyesight decreased and he lossed his pilot seat.

But that was a few years ago, and maybe his eyesight went down a lot or something, who knows.

 

[Zwoda]

Question: Am I required to wear the BC glasses for TBS and flight school? Or they only for OCS?

 

[NavyOCS]

The BC glasses are a once in a lifetime experience that you will absolutely love at OCS. Wear em on Libo. and you get all the chicks... Seriously though, from what I have been reading you only have to wear them at OCS.

 

[Greaper007]

Question, I have 20/20 for the most part. However, I have a slight astigmatism so I wear glasses while I read (otherwise my eyes become blurry after about 20 mins). So I'll probably need to be issued glasses. Will I be required to wear them all the time?

 

[NavyOCS]

NO NO NO... When u show up to OCS and get to experience the wondorful world of in-processing they will look at your med. records and that includes your eye prescription. They WILL issue you glasses if thats what your records say. But if you never wear them then they wont know. I had to wear mine cause I was freakin blind w/o them.

 

[DocT]

My company last summer didn't get the good old BCG's until week 4. At that point, some candidates had really messed up the glasses they had brought with them. The Marine Corps doesn't reimburse you for those. I'd bring and old pair if you can. I don't think BCG's were ever authorized for our platoon because some of the prescriptions were wrong and had to be sent back, we couldn't all be uniform.

 

[Zwoda]

Followup question: what about contact use after OCS? As in would I be allowed to wear contacts during TBS?